Bed-rest for invalids.



`10.847,560. PATENTE) MAR.19, 1907.

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Unire sfrarns GEORGE G. CAMPION, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

BED-REST Fon INVALIDs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed February 6, 1906. Serial No. 299,815.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE GoRiNG OAM- rroN, a subject of Great Britain, residing at 264 Oxford road, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented a new and useful Improved Bed-Rest for Invalids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of bed-rest for invalids and to an improved arrangement of guy-ropes for supporting the rest.

My improved bed-rest consists of a light collapsible frame to which a pillow or pillows can be strapped, and the improved arrangement of guy-ropes consists in making them readily detachable, adjustable, and reversible, so that in one position they can be adjusted by the patient, if strong enough, or in the other position by a nurse, and, further, the guy-ropes can be adjusted in length to suit beds of different lengths.

In the accompanying three sheets of drawings, Fi ure 1 is an elevation of my improved collapsi le bed-rest. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the guy-ropes as arranged to be adjusted by the patient. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, with the guyropes reversed and arranged for adjustment by the nurse at the foot of the bed.

Referring to the bed-rest illustrated by Fig. 1, this consists of a light frame formed of two side pieces a, of wood or other suitable material connected together by four (or other suitable number) cross-strips b of sheetsteel or other suitable metal fastened at each V end by any suitable form of spring-clips c, se-

cured to the side pieces a. At the bottom of the frame awoven band, of cloth or webbing, d is attached by links or hooks e, engaging studs f or equivalents on the side pieces a. At each top corner of the frame is a ring g, and these rings g in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 receive hooks h, fastened to the ends of the guy-ropes or cords i. Each cord i passes round a pulley carried by a shank to which is connected another cord Z, tied to a hook c, which in Fig. 2 engages the bar m at the foot of the bed, or it might be any other suitable rigid support. The other end of the cord 'i is passed through a hole in a cleat or l sliding locking-piece n, which is threaded upon the cordi after the manner of a cleat or locking-piece upon the guy-rope of a tent, and this end of the cord is doubled back and attached by a hook o at its extremity to a loop p, formed in the cord.

In the second arrangement (shown in Fig. 3) the guy-ropes are reversed, the hooks c engaging with the rings g of the bed-rest and the hooks h being placedl over the bar m. By detaching the hooks 0 from the loops p, as shown in Fi 3, the wooden cleats or lockingpieces are a lowed to slide along the cords nearer to the hooks h and are thus brought within reach of a nurse standing at the foot of the bed. The cords l perm t of adjustment to suit different lengths of beds. The bed-rest is completed by the provision of straps q, of cloth or other suitable material, reaching from the bottom band d to one of the upper metal strips to receive and hold in position pillows or cushions for the back of the patient. It will be readily understood that the hooks and guy-ropes can be disengaged from the bed-rest and bed and that the bed-rest can be collapsed by detaching the metal cross-strips l) and then be rolled up all together in a small space for transport or when not required.

I am aware that it has been previously proposed tov employ a pair of guy-ropes in conjunction with a bed-rest or back-sup ort, and I lay no broad claim to such com ination.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-.

A collapsible bed-rest comprising rigid uprights, a series of detachable iieXible crossstrips connecting the uprights, a cross-band of cloth at the bottom, straps for holding a pillow on the bed-rest and means for supporting the frame at any desired inclination on the bed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. G. OAMPION. Witnesses:

S W. GILLETT,

HERBERT RowLAND ABBEY.

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